The Birr is the currency of Ethiopia.
The first currency of Ethiopia was introduced in 1894 and was known as the "Menelik talers." In 1934, the occupying Italian forces made the Italian lire the legal currency in Ethiopia until their expulsion in 1942. The Ethiopian Birr was finally introduced in 1945, first called the Ethiopian dollar and was only renamed to Birr in 1979.
Distributed by the National Bank of Ethiopia, the Birr is divided in coins of 1, 5, 10, 25 y 50 santim (cents), and bills of 1, 5, 10, 50 y 100 birr.
1.00 dollar equals 9.28 birr (February 2008)
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